Shitefest Shropshire 12-14th July

[loserone]

25 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said:

I may now be on a training course so could potentially manipulate it to attend.

Green screen an office background?

[davidfowler2000]

54 minutes ago, loserone said:

Green screen an office background?

More like a hologram. I may have to be in a yard walking round a train.

[loserone]

A specific train? Can you get there in a hired boat?

[davidfowler2000]

The Union Canal runs pretty close to the Edinburgh & Glasgow main line. So close that when it burst it's banks (not just overtopped, actually the bank gave way) a few years ago we very nearly had a second Polmont rail disaster.

[horriblemercedes]

On 30/04/2024 at 18:34, grogee said:

I'm an 'event virgin' too. We can be noobs together. 

@Ghosty I like your thinking. If there was any justice this would be declared a national holiday - street parties, that sort of thing. 

The Golden Jubilee (clip) 

[cms206]

The shite gods have intervened and I will now be travelling south to this shitefest again.

Sakes.

[EightMegs]

I've got it booked off work, looking forward to it!

[Ghosty]

I've just noticed something.

https://www.maxpowerreunion.co.uk/

This year's Max Power Reunion show is on the Sunday of SF weekend, about an hour away to the NE at Staffordshire Showground. I've booked in with the Civic as it'd be rude not to, being on the way home!

[brownnova]

Ahhh my work end of year party is on the Friday… 

 

Thank you Shitefest… gives me a genuinely good reason to swerve the party! 

[cms206]

13 hours ago, brownnova said:

Ahhh my work end of year party is on the Friday… 

 

Thank you Shitefest… gives me a genuinely good reason to swerve the party! 

"I'm so sorry, I know this is my first end of year party here but I have a prior engagement under a gazebo in a field in Shropshire during a monsoon that day."

[Ghosty]

'Sorry I can't come, I'm dragging a Fabia out of a ditch that day'.

[maxxo]

Fuck it I’ll go

[Sunny Jim]

It'll be great to see you there @maxxo 👍

[grogee]

Can we have a roll call for the kids please? I'll be bringing Master Grogee. Likes: football, F1, sweets, football stickers, the colour red. 

Dislikes: non-pizza food, emptying the bins. 

[Supernaut]

456 miles each way, from here.

 

Hmmmmm... Maybe.

[Back_For_More]

I'll be attending...... I'll try and drag along master B - not sure if he's over here from Belgium yet though. 

If so - 13yo - can already drive and is into driving sims etc.... A lot of online sh*t but also loves camping and general messing around like make your own bow courses etc.... 

[davidfowler2000]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

456 miles each way, from here.

 

Hmmmmm... Maybe.

THIS IS NOT THE SCOTOSHITE ATTITUDE!!!
Remember Shitefest 2018 Aberdeenshire... Me and @cms206 genuinely had a plan in place to go from Glasgow to Aberdeenshire via Tebay Services for breakfast had we not got the bus going in time, just to increase the mileage to Shitefest.

[auntiemaryscanary]

I'm up for this if that's ok.

[Dave_Q]

Childwise I'll be bringing thing #2 and #3, girls age 9 and 6. They are interested in mud and stones and playing, cars less so unless they like the colour.

Currently they are riding their scooters round in circles playing a game which involves one of them being the police, and one being a criminal who is producing a series of unlikely items (leaves, Tesco receipt, eyeballs) claiming that is her driving license.

[hairnet]

16 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

 

, cars less so unless they like the colour.

much like dave then  (kidding )

 

[grogee]

On 29/05/2024 at 16:58, Dave_Q said:

Childwise I'll be bringing thing #2 and #3, girls age 9 and 6. They are interested in mud and stones and playing, cars less so unless they like the colour.

Currently they are riding their scooters round in circles playing a game which involves one of them being the police, and one being a criminal who is producing a series of unlikely items (leaves, Tesco receipt, eyeballs) claiming that is her driving license.

I could bring Master Grogee's scooter, is there any hard paving to ride them on at #shitefest24? 

[grogee]

@catsinthewelder do you have a rough idea of attendance now? I'm quite excited although looking out of the window at another shit weather day makes me slightly nervous 

[catsinthewelder]

I'm spending a good bit of next week in a tent doing this so fingers crossed that the weather's improving!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/wicked-van-hire-fridge

Not a lot of hardstanding for scooting @grogee.  There's hardcore on the track and a bit of decking around the house.

 

I'll check on numbers when I get back then try and get a bit of work done up at the site. 

[loserone]

15 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

good bit of next week in a tent doing this

How do you get it back down again?

[grogee]

Donated. An excellent venture

[Saabnut]

Still hoping to make it but a bit chucked in for the fridge walk anyway

[Tickman]

3 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

I'm spending a good bit of next week in a tent doing this so fingers crossed that the weather's improving!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/wicked-van-hire-fridge

This looks like a excellent idea, maybe less so in practice.  Small donation chucked in the pot.

[Sunny Jim]

All the best for the walk, forecast looks good for Sunday but you'll probably get wet later in the week.

[grogee]

Could you carry the fridge on your head with the door open, as a makeshift hood/umbrella?

I forsee visibility problems with this solution but if your team mates bark instructions at you a la Knightmare you should be OK. 

"SIDESTEP TWO LEFT" 

"WALK FORWARDS FOUR PACES" 

[catsinthewelder]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I was about to share that with the others but then remembered that 26 year olds would need Knightmare explaining to them!

I've been considering a large clear binbag or similar.